Angaben zum Inhalt: | Introduction : pastors and polemics in early Lutheran orthodoxy -- Heshusius and the University of Helmstedt circle -- The Psalms, catechism, and lay indoctrination in early orthodoxy -- Heshusius and Lutheran preaching : catechetical sermons -- Heshusius and Lutheran preaching : funeral and wedding sermons -- Confessional conflict in Hildesheim : struggles with Jews, Jesuits, and Rudolf II. |